The Central Bank of Sri Lanka hosted the 32nd Annual Conference of Asian Credit Supplementation Institutions Confederation (ACSIC) – 2019, during 28th - 30th October 2019 at Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel, Colombo.

The ACSIC was established in 1987 with the objective of promoting and developing sound credit supplementation systems. The ACSIC is the largest Asian Corporative body for the Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) consisting of 16 member institutions from 11 countries. The current member countries of the ACSIC are India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand.

Sri Lanka successfully completed the sixth review, enabling the next disbursement of supporting funds.

Sustaining policy discipline remains critical to strengthen resilience and support strong and inclusive growth.

Mobilizing revenue will be central to place public debt on a downward path while preserving space for social and investment spending.

On November 1, 2019, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the Sixth Review of Sri Lanka’s economic performance under the program supported by an extended arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). The completion of the Sixth review, upon the granting of a waiver of non-observance for the end-June 2019 performance criterion on the primary balance, enables the disbursement of SDR 118.5 million (about US$164 million), bringing total disbursements under the arrangement to SDR 952.23 million (about US$1.31 billion).